Rake.



' PATENTED AUG. 18, 1903. K. REIS. RAKE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 4, 1903.

0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented August 18, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

KORBINIAN REIS, or MUNICH, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO AUGUST KLUMPP, or MUNIoI- GERMANY.

RAKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 736,878, dated August 18, 1903. Application filed March 4, 1903. Serial No. 1%,113. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, KORBINIAN REIs, a citizen of Bavaria, Germany, residing at Munich, Bavaria, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rakes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of the present invention is a device for harvesting and gleaning hay, straw, and the like, which consists of rakes mounted in various combinations upon rollers or wheels in order to be transportable like a wheelbarrow and adapted to divers uses.

The accompanying drawings illustrate such a device as follows:

Figure 1 is an elevation of the main rake and operating-frame. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig, 3 is an elevation of the main rake and gleaning-rake in combination. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the device as illustrated in Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 is an elevation of the gleaning-rake adapted for independent use.

The rake-prongs e are secured to a frame a, which latter is mounted upon rollers or wheelsf and provided with a handle 19. Such a disposition enables the operator to easily manipulate rakes-of any size. In some cases it may be desirable to combine such a harvesting-rake with another rake destined to glean up the material left behind the first. The combination of these two rakes may be made in such manner that each rake can be separately operated and that the gleamingrake can be lifted or lowered to the earth independently of the first onein order to put the gleaner out of actionfor instance, when the workman lays aside the material gathered-or in order to follow the unevenness of the soil. Such a combined rake is shown in Figs. 3 and 4, while Fig.5 shows the detached gleaming-rake. The second or gleaning rake 1 is mounted upon a frame g, similar to that of the first rake, but having no rollers or wheels. The

prongs of the rake 1 are secured to the transverse bar 7t and built up, preferably, of thin downwardly-bent steel wires, which when meeting obstructions will yield upwardly, as shown in dotted lines in Figs. 3 and 5. On

matter to be harvested.

their upper part said prongs are strengthened and stiffened by means of an iron frame dependently the one from the other during the operating of the apparatus. This independent motion of the two forks may be attained in difierent manners.

In the form of construction shown in Figs. 3 and 5 of the drawings the frame 9 2' of the gleaming-rake is hinged on the pivot h of the frame a b of the rake e.

The operation of the combined apparatus is the following: When harvesting, the workman will push forward the apparatus like a wheelbarrow in such manner that the prongs contact with the soil in order to gather up the He will use his gleaner only when the harvesting-rake has not caught all thematter, in which case he will lower the gleaming-rake by means of the handle t without interfering with the working of the first rake, so that the gleaning-rake will gather and accumulate the matter left behind. In this way the workman is enabled to lift or lower the two rakes independently of each other, so that unevennesses of the soil can be avoided and foreign bodies, as stones, 8o roots, or pieces of wood, &c., be easily re moved. When a sufficient quantity of matter is gathered upon the prongs, the apparatus will be stopped, and the accumulated matter will be put aside in cocks by drawing back the apparatus and swinging the rake to right and to left. The matter gathered before thegleaner can be heaped on the cock thus formed by operating either the gleaming or the harvesting rake. On the frame a a go segmental guide 25 can be provided for, in which slotted guide the gleaner may be fastened by means of a screw. Such a fixing of the gleaming-rake may be desirable-as, for instance, when the gleaner is to be put out of 5 action for a considerable time or when working on level soil, where the gleaner will be constantly in use. The gleanerframe may moreover be mountedv detachably, so that the same when. not employed can be removed in order to lighten the apparatus. In such case the gleaner-frame 9 may be also mounted upon rollers fixed in the adjustable bearings q 1' by means of the screws p.

What I claim as my invention is 1. In a device of the character described, the combination with a main rake, of a second rake adjustably mounted upon the first rake and cooperating therewith.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination with a main rake mounted upon wheels, of a second rake mounted on the first rake in such manner as to be operable independently thereof.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination, with a main rake mounted upon wheels, of a second rake pivotally mounted on the first rake in such manner as to be independently adjustable and adapted to be brought into use at will to glean the leavings from the main rake.

4. In a device of the character described, the combination, of a main rake and a second rake detachably secured together in such connecting the second rake with the first rake in an adjustable manner, means for securing the two rakes in desired adjustment for cooperative use, and means adapting both of said rakes to be used independently. I

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

KORBINIAN REIS. Witnesses:

WALTER E. BOWMAN, CLARA I. PARKER. 

